The Boogey Man

During a childhood night in their mother's bedroom, Willy and Lacey witness their mother kissing her boyfriend. When she notices them, the boyfriend has Willy tied to the headboard and sends Lacey to her room. Willy frees himself and stabs the boyfriend to death, all witnessed in front of a large mirror. The act leaves a lasting trauma that binds Willy's fate to the house.

Twenty years pass and Lacey is now an adult, married with a young son and living on a farm with her aunt and uncle. Willy also resides there, mute since that night. The house carries the weight of the past, shaping their uneasy coexistence. The family maintains a fragile sense of normalcy amid unresolved horror.

At dinner, Lacey finds a letter from her mother claiming to be on her deathbed and wishing to see them one last time. Willy reads the letter and burns it, erasing any chance of reconciliation. The act underscores the mother's elusive presence and the family's inability to move on. The burning letter hints that the past will resist being laid to rest.

Lacey is plagued by nightmares, including a vision of being dragged, tied to a bed, and almost stabbed by an unseen force. Jake, her husband, arranges a visit to a psychiatrist to help her confront these fears. They decide to visit the house where she grew up to uncover the truth behind the memories. The dream sequence foreshadows the danger awaiting them there.

At the old house, they pretend to be potential buyers and meet two teenage girls and their younger brother. Their parents have left town to place the home on the market, leaving the place to the teens for a while. The teens misinterpret Lacey and Jake as messengers from the real estate company, increasing tension. The eerie setup foreshadows the house's hidden danger.

Inside the bedroom, Lacey glances the reflection of her mother's deceased boyfriend approaching. In panic, she shatters the mirror with a chair. A broken piece remains and later glows red, hinting at a supernatural trigger. Willy's silent presence in the background confirms the haunting's reach.

A shard from the shattered mirror mysteriously attaches to Willy's feet, causing a dangerous moment when a pitchfork floating in a bag levitates toward him. The event demonstrates that the mirror's curse is affecting both siblings. The strange power suggests the house's malevolent history is far from over.

Back at the house, the teenage girls and their younger brother are violently killed by an unseen force, confirming the vengeful spirit has been freed from the mirror to exact revenge. The deaths reveal that the curse has left its confinement and now targets anyone near the property. Lacey's increasing dread shows the danger creeping into the couple's life.

Willy begins having disturbing mirror visions and starts painting all the house's mirrors black. His fixation mirrors the growing danger around the family. The house's reflective surfaces become symbols of fear, heightening paranoia.

A mirror shard clings to Lacey's son's shoe and is left near a lake where teenagers party by an abandoned house. A skewer soon impales a couple in a car, while another couple leaves the scene in fear, illustrating the shard's lethal reach. The incident marks the curse expanding beyond the house's walls.

As fear escalates, Lacey flees into the house and discovers her aunt and uncle dead in the barn. The violence grows closer to home and demands answers. The growing danger makes their home feel like a trap.

The family priest arrives to investigate the mirror. The moment he touches the mirror, it turns red and a shard slides onto Lacey's eye, allowing the ghost to possess her body. Possessed Lacey nearly kills her husband and attacks the priest, signaling a full-blown haunting. The priest's quick intervention anchors the battle against the supernatural.

Before the priest dies, he removes the shard from Lacey's eye, freeing her from possession. He flings the shard into the kitchen sink, where it bursts into flames upon contact with the water. The remaining pieces of the mirror are hurled into a well and explode, releasing the trapped souls and destroying the mirror.

Later, Lacey, her brother, and Kevin visit the graveyard to pay respects. They leave the grounds with a lingering sense of unease as they glimpse a final mirror shard glowing red on the ground. The film closes with the suggestion that the curse may not be fully vanquished. The final image ties the past to the present in a chilling way.